I've always enjoyed Hip Hop and rap, I just think people confuse mainstream radio rap with all rap music ever produced. Firstly, there's a difference between hip hop and rap - Hip hop as a whole is a cultural movements with strong roots, causes and social consequences - Rap is simply a style of music literally translated to Rhythm and poetry. There's different types of rap music. There's old school, golden era, east and west coast, commercial and undergound - There's rap songs where you talk about bitches, money and drugs, and there's songs where you can directly state how much you hate oppressive systems in society.
Personally, I think hip hop is an unconventional music genre as much as rock - Both have always been associated with social transgression and rule breaking, and right now both enjoy mainstream radio playing and commercialization (whether I like the mainstream music or not). You cannot lump one entire musical genre together. You can't compare Guru with 50 cent and Eric B Rakim with Soulja boy and expect to get away with it.
Brian, I suggest checking out Immortal Technique, Very underground artist.
Personally, I think hip hop is an unconventional music genre as much as rock - Both have always been associated with social transgression and rule breaking, and right now both enjoy mainstream radio playing and commercialization (whether I like the mainstream music or not). You cannot lump one entire musical genre together. You can't compare Guru with 50 cent and Eric B Rakim with Soulja boy and expect to get away with it.
Brian, I suggest checking out Immortal Technique, Very underground artist.
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